Publications by authors named "Alberto Maria Todesco"

Human milk proteins, a mixture of whey proteins including caseins, milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) proteins, various peptides, and their amino acids, play a crucial role in infant growth and development, as do non-nutritional bioactive components. The extracellular nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (eNAMPT) or visfatin is a conserved cytokine/enzyme released by many mammalian cells, related to multiple metabolic and immune processes. Few investigations have been reported about detecting visfatin in skimmed milk and the hypothesis of its potential role in regulating infant adiposity through breast milk.

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  • * Current treatments mainly focus on cancer cells and mostly ignore the tumor microenvironment (TME), which plays a crucial role in cancer growth and resistance to therapies.
  • * The review highlights the importance of innate immune receptors like Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) and the STING pathway in breast cancer progression, suggesting that targeting these receptors could be a promising strategy for developing new cancer therapies.
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Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a lethal and rare cancer, even if its incidence has continuously increased all over the world. Asbestos exposure leads to the development of mesothelioma through multiple mechanisms, including chronic inflammation, oxidative stress with reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, and persistent aberrant signaling. Together, these processes, over the years, force normal mesothelial cells' transformation.

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